El Poema Más Triste (The Saddest Poem)

El Poema Más Triste as narrated by the author

"The Saddest Poem" as recited by GNN TV host Gerry Cornejo at GNN Network during his interview with Danny Castillones Sillada in 2008.

At the height of his spiritual crisis, Danny Castillones Sillada wrote "The Saddest Poem" (El Poema Más Triste) shortly before his ordination to the priesthood in 1992. Subsequently, that same year, he finally left his vocation with a heavy heart to find his real calling in the art world.

The Saddest PoemBy Danny Castillones Sillada If I could write the saddest poemI would write, for instance,the sorrow of a mother to her dying child,the painful parting of two lovers:the torment of human existence.If I could paint the saddest pictureI would paint, for instance,an abandoned child along the busy street,a deserted house on top of the mountain:the harsh realities of desolate existence.But tonight, the saddest pictureis the darkness of my soul,the lament of its wounded existenceis traversing through the tempest of the sea:the saddest poem is me. _____________________________